Occurrences
Mâṭar occurs 38 times in 36 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2), Deuteronomy (6), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (3), Job (6), Psalms (3), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (2), Zechariah (1)
- Exodus 9:33 — And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain (וּמָטָ֖ר) was not poured upon the earth.
- Exodus 9:34 — And when Pharaoh saw that the rain (הַמָּטָ֧ר) and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
- Deuteronomy 11:11 — But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain (לִמְטַ֥ר) of heaven:
- Deuteronomy 11:14 — That I will give you the rain (מְטַֽר) of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
- Deuteronomy 11:17 — And then the LORD’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain (מָטָ֔ר), and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
- Deuteronomy 28:12 — The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain (מְטַֽר) unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
- Deuteronomy 28:24 — The LORD shall make the rain (מְטַ֥ר) of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 32:2 — My doctrine shall drop as the rain (כַּמָּטָר֙), my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
- 1 Samuel 12:17 — Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain (וּמָטָ֑ר); that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
- 1 Samuel 12:18 — So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain (וּמָטָ֖ר) that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
- 2 Samuel 1:21 — Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain (מָטָ֛ר), upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
- 2 Samuel 23:4 — And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain (מִמָּטָ֖ר).
- 1 Kings 8:35 — When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain (מָטָ֖ר), because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
- 1 Kings 8:36 — Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain (מָטָר֙) upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
- 1 Kings 17:1 — And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain (וּמָטָ֑ר) these years, but according to my word.
- 1 Kings 18:1 — And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain (מָטָ֖ר) upon the earth.
- 2 Chronicles 6:26 — When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain (מָטָ֖ר), because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
- 2 Chronicles 6:27 — Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain (מָטָר֙) upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
- 2 Chronicles 7:13 — If I shut up heaven that there be no rain (מָטָ֔ר), or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
- Job 5:10 — Who giveth rain (מָ֭טָר) upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
- Job 28:26 — When he made a decree for the rain (לַמָּטָ֣ר), and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
- Job 29:23 — And they waited for me as for the rain (כַמָּטָ֣ר); and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
- Job 36:27 — For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain (מָטָ֣ר) according to the vapour thereof:
- Job 37:6 — For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small (מָטָ֑ר) rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
- Job 37:6 — For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great (מִטְר֥וֹת) rain of his strength.
- Job 38:28 — Hath the rain (לַמָּטָ֥ר) a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
- Psalms 72:6 — He shall come down like rain (כְּמָטָ֣ר) upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
- Psalms 135:7 — He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain (לַמָּטָ֣ר); he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
- Psalms 147:8 — Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain (מָטָ֑ר) for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
- Proverbs 26:1 — As snow in summer, and as rain (וְכַמָּטָ֥ר) in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
- Proverbs 28:3 — A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain (מָטָ֥ר) which leaveth no food.
- Isaiah 4:6 — And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain (וּמִמָּטָֽר).
- Isaiah 5:6 — And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain (מָטָֽר) upon it.
- Isaiah 30:23 — Then shall he give the rain (מְטַ֨ר) of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
- Jeremiah 10:13 — When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain (לַמָּטָר֙), and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
- Jeremiah 51:16 — When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain (לַמָּטָר֙), and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
- Zechariah 10:1 — Ask ye of the LORD rain (מָטָר֙) in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
- Zechariah 10:1 — Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain (וּמְטַר), to every one grass in the field.